Families cashing in on YouTube videos through share of advertising revenue

Families who have recorded and then posted popular videos on YouTube are being paid tens of thousands of pounds.

The file-sharing site is paying out a share of advertising revenue, with some clips which have gone viral having been watched millions of times.

Families are cashing in on popular YouTube video clips (YouTube)

One of the beneficiaries was father Howard Davies-Carr, who posted a 58-second video titled: ‘Charlie bit my finger – again!’

It was originally made for his two sons’ godfather, however it has now been viewed more than 386million times.

‘Nearly all income from YouTube is banked. A little is spent on holidays and we bought a castle for the garden. We would have struggled to put all three boys through private education but with the YouTube money we decided to commit to all, and it was always going to be all or none,’ Mr Davies-Carr told the Sun.

Other videos have proved equally as popular – and as profitable – for their owners.

David DeVore uploaded a clip of his son coming round from an anaesthetic in 2008, making nearly £100,000, while Katie Clem’s video of her daughter celebrating news of a trip to Disneyland netted her more than £3,000.

It is a long departure from the likes of You’ve Been Framed, which pays £250 for humorous video clips if they are featured in the programme.